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Oscar-winning director Jiri Menzel passes away
Updated On: 07 September, 2020 09:50 AM IST | Washington D.C | ANI
Menzel had been cared for at home by his wife after health problems followed a 2017 brain surgery and meningitis.

Jiri Menzel poses during a photocall for his film 'I Served the King of England' competing for the Golden Bear at the 57th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin on February 16, 2007 (Picture courtesy/AFP)
Oscar-winning Czech director, writer and actor Jiri Menzel, passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2020, following a long illness. According to Variety, Menzel's death was confirmed by his wife, Olga, who posted the news on Instagram and Facebook late Sunday. Menzel was 82.
Winner of the Academy Award for the best foreign-language film, for the 1966 bittersweet Nazi occupation story 'Closely Watched Trains,' Menzel was a leading figure of the Czech New Wave along with boundary-breaking directors such as Milos Forman and Vera Chytilova.
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